The original Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance launched on consoles soon after Baldur’s Gate 2 concluded with Throne of Bhaal, but aside from sharing the same setting it was an entirely different kind of fantasy romp. Next year’s Dark Alliance, the third game in the series, drops Baldur’s Gate from the title and takes the action north. Drizzt and his buds’ adventures have spanned several series, starting with The Crystal Shard, but Dark Alliance is a standalone romp. Dark Alliance has a hub-and-spoke

The game comes after Riot announced a new publishing label, Riot Forge, which will release games set in the League universe from other developers. There were not one but two singleplayer League of Legends games announced at The Game Awards. A nice surprise for Warframe fans on PC: the long-awaited Empyrean expansion didn’t just get a new trailer but actually launched on PC during the Game Awards. 24 Entertainment, a Chinese studio, revealed a trailer for its slick and stylish multiplayer melee a

One of the problems with killer shark stories is that sharks don’t actually kill very many humans. The latest trailer for Tripwire’s shark RPG Maneater, which was shown today at The Game Awards, takes a moment to acknowledge that sharks aren’t normally as bloodthirsty as the game portrays. “Humans kill 100 million sharks every year,” it announces. If the 100 million figure surprises you, it’s true—or, at least, it’s the most commonly cited estimate. Sharks can’t truly get their revenge for human

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a long way from arriving on the PC: It will appear on the PlayStation 4 on March 3, 2020, where it will be exclusive for one year. After that, the leash is off—which isn’t a guarantee that it will come to PC on March 3, 2021, but it could, so let’s take a look at the new trailer rolled out at The Game Awards tonight. The trailer has a little bit of everything: Some action, some humor, a little bit of romance—okay, maybe that’s a stretch, but a giant lizard guy gets sock

Gearbox Publishing and developer Counterplay Games revealed the trailer for Godfall, a third-person fantasy action RPG coming to PC (and Playstation 5) around the holidays next year. Have a look at the trailer above from The Game Awards, which provides some long looks at some very fancy armor. “At its core, Godfall is a fantasy action RPG that utilizes high-impact third-person melee combat to engage players as they hunt for loot, don legendary armor sets, and defeat vicious enemies,” reads the p

Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox at The Game Awards tonight, the Xbox Series X, and to go with it, a brand new game from Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. The trailer doesn’t reveal much about the game, but it appears as though it won’t stray too far from its roots. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice told the tale of a Celtic warrior battling Viking-esque undead in a dark and gloomy world, but it also took on the challenge of portraying mental health struggles in a sensitive and effective manner.

Warframe’s Empyrean expansion got a new trailer at The Game Awards tonight, and it also delivered a nice surprise for PC gamers—the expansion is live on PC, right now. In Empyrean, you can customize and pilot your Sigma Series Railjack battleship in four-player co-op. We first heard about the ambitious Empyrean expansion at Tennocon last year, and learned more this summer. You can play Empyrean solo, too, but it’s really designed for a full four-player crew, though 2020 will bring updates more s

The Forest is an open-world survival game released in 2018, after a whopping four years of Early Access. The wait was apparently worthwhile, because these days it’s got an awful lot of positive reviews on Steam. And now it’s getting a sequel too. It’s hard to tell much from a single trailer, but where the first game was primarily “try not to die in the world’s worst forest,” I get the feeling that Sons of the Forest will be more narrative-focused, as it seems that you’ll be actively hunting down

From now—as in, right now—until January 7, Apex Legends will be celebrating the holidays with a new limited-time event called Mirage’s Holo-Day Bash. The event will include a new LTM that’s actually not a battle royale, but a 3v3v3 “point capture” mode called Winter Express. Naturally, the Holo-Day Bash will have new premium cosmetics, all available for direct purchase with Apex Coins or crafting materials, and that will also be available in Event Apex Packs for the duration. If you unlock all 2

In November, former Arkane creative director Raphael Colantonio and former Arkane executive producer Julien Roby announced that they’d rejoined forces to found a new indie developer called WolfEye Studios, whose first game would be revealed at The Game Awards. Weird West has a distinct Grim Dawn visual vibe to it, but sounds more narratively focused: Players will experience the origin stories of a group of “atypical heroes, written into legend by the decisions you make in an unforgiving land.” E

Redhill Games, a studio founded in late 2018 by former Remedy Entertainment CEO Matias Myllyrinne, unveiled its first game tonight at The Game Awards. Nine to Five promises “a fresh take on the tactical first-person shooter” genre, with a strong focus on teamwork over twitchy reflexes. Every round has an impact on the next, so performance matters and strategies will have to be adjusted to compensate for changes. “A lot of modern shooters are often too chaotic and random to really let you enjoy t

Chinese studio 24 Entertainment unveiled a multiplayer melee action game tonight at The Game Awards called Naraka: Bladepoint that promises a “boundless movement system” that enables players to climb, hang, wall-run, and more, aided by an “aim-at-whatever-you-want” grappling hook. Combat is obviously the core of the Bladepoint experience, and 24 Entertainment said it will be “sophisticated” yet accessible to beginners. “In Naraka: Bladepoint, players will feel every attack and utilise everything

The Wolf Among Us 2 was just announced at The Game Awards. Yep, it’s happening, thank goodness. Telltale Games was effectively shuttered and reduced to a skeleton staff in September 2018 only to reopen in August 2019 under new management. A ton of employees lost their jobs and authorship over existing projects, of which The Wolf Among Us 2 was likely included, just for the studio to conveniently spring back to life. No release date or platforms were detailed, but I expect we’ll hear more about i

It doesn’t just go lovely with a bit of cheese, you can also use it to draw on things. If you do the latter in the aptly named Chalkboard, you’ll cut bits out of the environment, and solve puzzles. This is a decidedly chill puzzle game with a huge margin for error. This isn’t the next mind-blowing puzzle game, but it is a lovely puzzle toy where you feel something like a wizard, shifting the fabric of an ambient, chalky world. For more great free experiences, check out our roundup of the best fr

The new Expeditions mode is free for everyone, though you won’t be able to access it until late in the game, at which point you’ll unlock special combat challenges in another dimension. These time-limited expeditions will be accessible through a jukebox in the Central Executive area, but you’ll need to spend tokens first. Expeditions come with a 25-minute time limit, within which you’ll have to complete four areas. Run out of time and you lose the token and will need to hunt down another if you

At long last, the Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics card is official, shipping in two versions—one with 8GB of GDDR6 memory and one with 4GB, both of which shuttle data over a 128-bit bus. A few cards are listed as being in stock, while several others just have placeholders at the moment (or are on backorder). In terms of performance, the 4GB version of the 5500 XT basically ties Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650 Super, while the 8GB variant comes in little slower than the GTX 1660. Here’s a rundown of the car

Amazon is offering several steep discounts on select PC gaming laptops, desktops, and accessories for today only, and Razer’s Blade Pro 17 gaming laptop is included on that list. Known for its sleek design, among other features, Razer’s laptops aren’t usually on the cheap side, but sometimes you can find a good deal or two. For today only, you can get this laptop for $1,799.99, $700 off the usual price—and at the cheapest this laptop has ever been on Amazon. Along with a GeForce RTX 2060 graphic

The stylish rhythm game Sayonara Wild Hearts was announced at the 2018 Game Awards, but alas, only for the Nintendo Switch. That unfortunate oversight was corrected earlier today, when Sayonara Wild Hearts very suddenly and without warning appeared on Steam. Sayonara Wild Hearts is a “pop album videogame,” which the Steam listing clarifies as being about “riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.” On the other hand, there

Earlier today, Netflix released the final trailer for its upcoming Witcher series. But not the final video, as it turns out—or even necessarily the best one. What I like most about this clip is the way Henry is so into it all. Yes, he’s an actor and it’s his job to seem like he’s interested, but he’s previously said that he’s a real fan of both the games and the books, and honestly I’m inclined to believe it. One of the stories in the book actually served as the basis for the opening cinematic i

Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard is a first-person detective adventure about a frog with a nose for detective work. Created by Grace Bruxner and Thomas Bowker, The Case of the Invisible Wizard is the second game in the Frog Detective series and keeps the same funny writing, cute characters, and light-hearted mystery that made The Haunted Island so loveable. (Image credit: Worm Club, SUPERHOT PRESENTS)To top it all off, there’s something suspicious about Warlock Wood’s new membe